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Sunday is a very special day for a Stratford boy named DJ. His mom and dad are hosting the 6th Annual Bowl For Life Fundraiser in Milford. This fun, family day helps promote organ and tisse donation while benefiting the organization Donate Life which was incredibly important to DJ. "So thankful. Everyday we say our prayers, literally, everyday," says mom Jen DiVincenzo of Stratford. She found out - while DJ was in utero - that he had a complex congenital heart defect. Born in June 2005, the baby underwent surgery at 5 days old. But, 2 months later, his heart began to fail. DiVincenzo had lost a brother to a heart condition: "It was...

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